How heavy is 180,000 monme (匁)?
It's about eight times as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 23,000 monme (匁).
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 23,000 monme (匁). Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 1,600,000 monme (匁).
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 1,600,000 monme (匁). Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 1,100,000 monme (匁)
It's about nine-and-a-half times as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 19,410 monme (匁).
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 19,410 monme (匁) when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 2,350,000 monme (匁).
(for FMNH PR 2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)
The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 2,350,000 monme (匁) while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.
It's about fourteen times as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 13,000 monme (匁).
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 13,000 monme (匁). It is the largest octopus species and is known for its considerable intelligence, including the ability to open jars, solve mazes, and mimic other octopuses.
It's about fifteen-and-a-half times as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 11,600 monme (匁).
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 11,600 monme (匁). The Indian town of Musiri in Tamil Nadu state features the world's only paying toilet, which rewards its users up to 10¢ Indian (10 paisas) per visit and uses the waste for compost and fertilizer.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 3,010,000 monme (匁).
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 3,010,000 monme (匁). The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 7,870 monme (匁).
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 7,870 monme (匁). The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
It's about 55 times as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 3,317.7041920 monme (匁).
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 3,317.7041920 monme (匁). The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 66,666.666670 monme (匁).
It's about 80 times as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 2,000 monme (匁).
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 2,000 monme (匁). Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 1,814.369480 monme (匁).
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 1,330.537620 monme (匁), the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 1,814.369480 monme (匁). Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 1,333.333330 monme (匁) will float in water.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 1,000 monme (匁).
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 1,000 monme (匁). Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about one-one-hundredth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 19,000,000 monme (匁).
(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)
When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 19,000,000 monme (匁). The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 5,300,000 monme (匁).
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 27,900,000 monme (匁).
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 27,900,000 monme (匁). The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 0.2670 monme (匁) each.
It's about 200 times as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 1,000 monme (匁).
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 1,000 monme (匁). Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.